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Sean

Posted 13 March 2010 - 01:25 AM

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Very enjoyable. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series. Some nice little moments in there for the original fans too. Doug was amazing and I can't wait to see some Starcraft and Street Fighter action.

Will the show make the grade on TV? I'm not sure yet because the casual watcher may not get a lot of the lingo and references which make it a lot more enjoyable. I really hope it does well though!

mikelo

Posted 13 March 2010 - 01:34 AM

Thought it was pretty great, Doug punting that kid out of his wagon was great.

I was not surprised they had WoW involved, but it is nice to see they are basically going with the same kind of plot from the TV series and involving the characters in similar ways.

Doug's mom is kind of crazy.

I think the next episode will involve Jeremy trying to find a job and move out on his own like he did in the internet episodes, probably with the same humor involved. (Pray they wont use the same "sell my hair" joke)

Kind of disappointed they wasted the last "scene" playing that song he did in the internet series but I can understand why they did, it is pretty good.

I hope people take to it, I would be really disappointed if this got canceled, but I can see why, a lot of the material is beyond most people and you really have to play games or care about them to even want to care about this show.

Overall a great transition from the web series while maintaining the overall character scheme and story telling atmosphere, people are either going to like it or hate it, but the execution was well done.

Acting: What the hell was wrong with Jeremy and Doug in this shit? Doug was screaming his guts out so articulately, meanwhile Jeremy was talking way to fast. The only one who sounded normal was Kyle. The extra actors were awful too, but at least that one chick is kinda hot.

Story: I can understand they need to re-iterate all the stuff from the web series, but it was all shoved into 1 episode really fast. All the scenes just had less weight on them as they were poorly acted. When doug was smashing shit and yelling at his parents I just bert-stared. It wasn't good, it just seemed overly scripted and missed the target on what they wanted.

Too much gaming: The show is about games, I know. But everything was about gaming it was making me uncomfortable. I was hoping for less gaming references and just jeremy being an idiot.

I can tell you with a lot of certainty, that anyone over the age of 15 who doesnt play games often will think that was the worst 30minutes of TV they have watched.

Jengerer

Posted 13 March 2010 - 01:58 AM

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+ The show retained some of its older style, while introducing newer elements to give Pure Pwnage veterans something to watch.+ Brought back some of the elements of Jeremy's character that we all loved; World War 11 got a chuckle out of me.

- The episode was basically introducing everything that the internet show had done so far and condensed it into an episode, so the jokes weren't new and I hardly got beyond a chuckle.- As a few people have mentioned, the micro and other elements of both Jeremy and Doug seemed a little forced as well (although the acting was a little better than in the production blogs).- I found Jeremy's mom to be a little unrealistic in that I couldn't really find the relation between her and Jeremy or Kyle, both physically and in how she spoke about them; she seemed a little unnatural, for lack of a better word.- As part of what Plasmic Fury mentioned, I feel that the episode's title wasn't a good reflection of what was going on in the episode; although there was a healthy number of segments not related directly to video games, they seemed to be there to lead up to more video game segments. As this show is trying to appeal to a larger TV audience, which doesn't necessarily comprise of people who are familiar with video games, I don't think the direct focus on certain video games was the best choice. Could use a little more almost satirical display of nerd stereotypes, general ignorance about simple things, etc.

I'm not jumping to any conclusions about whether or not I like the new show until they move past this transitional stage, but I didn't find this episode to be that great.

Doug saved that episode so much. The parents were really weird and didnt feel real at all. But i felt the episode was still good with some great moments and cant wait to the next one. i do want taji and dave back

embroisured

Posted 13 March 2010 - 02:47 AM

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all I've heard from people is that they hope the show will still be about gaming, and not a watered down comedy about "nerds", and now that it's aired, people are saying that there are too much gaming?now if plasmic fury's post isn't a troll post, I just don't know what is anything anymore

F00D4TeHG0Dz

Posted 13 March 2010 - 02:47 AM

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QUOTE (DooMZie @ Mar 13 2010, 02:38 AM)

Doug saved that episode so much. The parents were really weird and didnt feel real at all. But i felt the episode was still good with some great moments and cant wait to the next one. i do want taji and dave back

I agree the parents really threw off the believability. But nothing beats Doug kicking that kid, and running with jeremy's shirt

Or actually when he comes up from the leaves

wait no, when he's repeating everything Jeremy is saying while he is playing WOW

extnct

Posted 13 March 2010 - 02:49 AM

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I wish they used the old set where Jeremy could roll out of bed and sit at his computer. I get he was living in his mom's basement but it should at least "feel" like Jeremy's space. The moms were awkward, but I thought the segment where Kyle interviews Doug's mom was hilarious.

all I've heard from people is that they hope the show will still be about gaming, and not a watered down comedy about "nerds", and now that it's aired, people are saying that there are too much gaming?now if plasmic fury's post isn't a troll post, I just don't know what is anything anymore